The Return of the Big K.C. Gaming Convention - LSHS – March 27th ’04 The Lees Summit High School Gamesday (South K.C. Mo.) was a great success with 237 registered attendees (students & adults) during the three gaming sessions from 9AM-9PM. Duane Fleck (teacher / wargamer) was the POC for this event and organized members of various local K.C. Wargame clubs and students to get together to play & learn about tabletop miniatures wargaming. He set up a website at "www.Recruits-Con.Com" and reserved the school cafeteria for the day. We thank him for his efforts to grow the hobby in Kansas City and to also for establishing “The Organization of Strategic Gamers" wargaming club for the students of Lees Summit High School ! Some of the games put on in the 1st session (9AM-12PM) were: “Magnificent 7/High Noon” (Western Gunfight) put on by Tobey Geise using 25mm figures in a great looking many-building town Master & Commander Nappie Sailing Battle game presented by Steve Allie and the Ft. Leavenworth Simsats Club Roman Ramming Galleys battle was presented by Harold Morgan of the Wetpowder Club with two 21 galley fleets (Roman/Greek) battling amongst an island chain is ramming, catapulting, boarding fights - these fleets (all 42 ships) were made from a “BIC” razor shaver plastic cover and 3 cardboard pieces representing the ship-base and the oars on each side, glued & painted Battletech Robots Battle presented by Bob Robey and the Warrensburg Gang Civil War Ironclads presented by Darrin Loomis and the War, War, & More War Club WW2 15mm Flames of War battle by Jon Cleaves and The Dead Generals Society D-Day Invasion game by George Knapp of Logictech Sci-Fight 3.75 by Kenny Van Pelt of Lion's Den Club using Large Lanard Toys from Sugar Kids Toy Shop Russian Civil War battle by Chad Gilbert of Tabletop Historical Gamers Scavvy Invasion by Bryan Bledsoe and Mike Gilkison of the Games Workshop Outriders Blood Bowl Fantasy Football by Doug Howard and the RPGKC Dungeons & Dragons Battle Royal by Donnie Lewis of Wetpowder Club The second session (1PM-4PM) presented : American Revolutionary War “ Battle of Gettysburg 1777” put on by Steve Niner with 25mm figures nicely painted and a good terrain layout. The British players used their “bayonet advantage” to hand-to-hand the American militia lines out in the open and broke the American militia lines! South American Napoleonic Battle run by Mike Machell of HAHMGS using a computer moderation program to determine battle outcomes results. The American Civil War was presented in “The Battle of Shiloh” put on by Sean Graves of the Tabletop Historical Group using 15mm troops and Fire & Fury rules. The Ancients "Battle of Raphia" was run by Sam Gill of the Raytown Hatsoff Club using large DBA-style armies in a DBM format! The Colonial Fantasy game "Hunt for the Green Pig" was presented by Scott Mathews of the Tabletop Historical Group - an island adventure with only 3 of 9 players surviving to the end of the game - that monsterous green pig gets them every time! "Aerial Combat over Shattered America" using great looking pre-WW1 aircraft and zeppelins from the 1910's era - these zeps were about 30 inches long on the table! Storm the Castle" by Darrin Loomis and War,War, & More War! The third session had more: "Flames of War" WW2 battles Master & Commander D-Day Invasion DBA Battles put on by Mike Sanderson & Steve Gross of Wetpowder Club Civil War Ironclads by Jimmy Jones of HAHMGS Battletech Robots by Bob Robey and the Warrensburg Gang I also saw numerous "card" games of which I don't know much about them and even boardgames including GDW's "A House Divided" American Civil War and an AH Diplomacy game!! There were about 17 vendors there including Phil Gilgor's Tabletop Hobbies, George Knapp's Games & Figures, Darrin Loomis's Titan MMP (civil war ironclads & rules), RLBPS, Hobbytown USA of Lees Summit, Harold's Old Games, Wetpowder Flea-marketeers, Hatsoff Flea-marketeers, Laden Swallow Hobbies, Lion's Den Flea-marketeers, H&O Hobbies figures, Mini HQ, Twilight Cards, Victory Force Miniatures, Neo-Forge, Alpha Miniatures, and Wargames Dot Com from York Nebraska. There were numerous flea-market items including wargames, figures, military books, and gaming items - many deals were found there! Food was provided on-site of hot-dogs, pizza, chips, candy bars, and cold sodas with all proceeds going to the Organization of Strategic Gamers - the Lees Summit High School Wargamers Club! We helped clean up the cafeteria and left the building. The Lees Summit High School Wargames Day was a great success for the number of games presented, the number of students that came to play and learn, and the responses indicate that more “gamedays” will follow! Thanks to the members of the Wetpowder Wargamers of Lees Summit, Lion’s Den Wargamers of Belton, “Tabletop Games” and Tabletop Gaming Society, Mike Machell, and others who brought their terrain and figures there and spent their valuable time putting on their games for the students to learn about the hobby and to grow the wargamers of tommorrow! This is a "growing thing"! Harold Morgan in Gladstone Mo. 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